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沼 = 召 + 水

沼 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “marsh”. It is built from 召 (seduce) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 145.

Keyword
marsh
RTK frame
145
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ぬま
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
болото
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
沼 lake

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 召 seduce
  2. 水 water

How to find 沼 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “seduce” + “water”. 沼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 沼 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.